Monday 20th January, 2020
By Georgina Sefakor Agyen, GNA
Koforidua, Jan. 20, GNA – The Eastern
Regional Secretariat of the Fisheries Commission says it is putting in place
measures to boost fish production in the Region this year.
As part of the measures, the Commission
seeks to establish hatcheries and train interested fish farmers to set up
nurseries for fingerlings in the districts of the Region.
They are also to ensure that fish farmers
got their fingerlings and other fish inputs at their door steps.
Mr Francis Barnes, the Eastern Regional
Director of the Fisheries Commission, disclosed this in an interview with the
Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Koforidua.
He said last year, the Commission was able
to provide 6,000 fingerlings of catfish hatched at the Commission’s hatchery in
Koforidua for fish farmers in the New Juaben North and South municipalities and
other districts.
In 2020, he said, his office planned to
hatch 80,000 fingerlings to help promote aquaculture in the Region and beyond.
He added that the Commission had put in
place measures to acquire all male tilapia fingerlings and mixed sexes for
interested farmers.
Ms Yaa Agyapomaa Danso, the New Juaben Zonal
Director of the Commission, said this year the Commission was working with
Ranan Fish Feed Company to get feed for local farmers at affordable prices and
rekindle the interest for fish farming.
She advocated the usage and patronage of
Ahoto Oven to improve on quality of grilled fish and assured fish farmers in
the Region of a ready market.
GNA